3. 음주력을 알 수 있었던 88예의 일일 평균 음주량은 154.7gm이고 총 음주량은 평균 9
59.3kg이었으며, 유형간에는 간경변증에서 지방간보다 일일 평균 음주량 및 총 음주량이
많았으나(p<0.05), 평균 음주기간은 16.7년으로 유형간에 차이는 없었다. 또한 2예를 제
외한 97.7%의 환자가 일일 평균 45gm이상의 알콜을 음주하였으며, 1예를 제외한 98.9%의
환자에서 3년이상 음주경력이 있었다.
4. 자각증상은 피로감 또는 전신무력감, 복통, 오심 및 구토, 식욕감퇴등 다양하게 나
타났으며, 이학적 이상소견도 간비대, 황달, 거미상 혈관종등 다양하였으나 대상예가 적
어 유형간의 통계적 의의를 부여할 수 없었다.
5. 혈액 및 생화학적 검사상 albumin치 및 혈소판수는 간경변증이나 만성 경화성 초자
양질환에서 지방간이나 알콜성 간섬유화증보다 낮았으며 (p<0.05), 평균 혈구용적은 만성
경화성 초자양질환이나 알콜성 만성 활동성 간염에서 지방간이나 알콜성 간섬유화증보다
높았으나 (p<0.05), 각 유형을 감별할 수는 없었다.
이상의 결과를 종합하면 본 연구에서는 알콜성 간질환의 조직학적 유형중 알콜성 간염
은 드물고 알콜성 간섬유화증이 많았으며, 97.7%에서 일일 평균 45gm이상의 알콜을 3년이
상 음주하였고, 자각증상이나 이학적 소견, 혈액 및 생화학적 검사상 알콜성 간질환의 조
직학적 유형에 따른 임상적 차이는 없었다.
[영문]
Alcoholic liver disease(ALD) is caused by chronic drinking. The amount and duration of drinking which develop ALD have been reported variously for the different studies. Also the state of liver is various from normal liver to liver cirrhosis or hepatoma for chronic drinkers. Even though the interest on the ALD is growing recently due to the increase of the drinking population and the alcohol consumption in Korea, the clinical research is still insufficient. So this study was started to get the characteristics of the histologic pattern of ALD, required
minimum amount of alcohol to develop ALD and clinical differences in various types in Korea, by analysing drinking history, clinical and laboratory findings of 106 patients who were confirmed as ALD by liver biopsy.
The results of the analysis are as follows :
1. In histologic types, 11 fatty liver, 2 alcoholic hepatitis, 52 alcoholic hepatic fibrosis, 13 alcoholic chronic active hepatitis, 8 chronic sclerosing hyaline disease and 20 liver cirrhosis were found.
2. The subjects were 42.8 years old in average with no difference in types, all male except 1 case.
3. 88 patients whose drinking history was known drank 154.7gm per day and 959.3kg in total amount in average. Liver cirrhosis patients drank more than fatty liver patients in daily and total amount (p<0.05), but the duration of drinking had no difference in types with 16.7 years in average. Also 97.7% of the subjects drank more than 45gm of alcohol in daily average and 98.9% of the subjects had been drinking for more than 3 years.
4. Symptoms were various such as fatigue or general weakness, abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting, anorexia. Physical signs were also various such as hepatomegaly, jaundice and spider angioma. But any statistical meaning between types cannot be given due to the small number of subjects.
5. In hematologic and biochemical tests, the albumin level and platelet count were lower in chronic sclerosing hyaline disease or liver cirrhosis than fatty liver or alcoholic hepatic fibrosis (p<0.05), and the value of mean corpuscular volume was higher in chronic sclerosing hyaline disease or alcoholic chronic active hepatitis than fatty liver or alcoholic hepatic fibrosis(p<0.05), but there was no laboratory finding to distinguish the types.
In summary, alcoholic hepatitis is rare and alcoholic hepatic fibrosis is the most frequent in histologic types of ALD. 97.7% of the subjects drank more than 45 gm of alcohol in daily average for more than 3 years. The types of ALD cannot be distinguished by the symptoms, physical signs, hematologic and biochemical tests.